An engineer went on vacation and all I got was this sign.
Well, its a little more complicated. An engineer did go on vacation. He just forgot to stamp the plans before he left for the sunny slopes of Colorado or wherever he went. The General Contract was surprised as well. So, instead of starting work [...]
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When I travel, I use the driving time to listen to a good book. My sister introduced me to the concept and like all things my older sister suggests, its a good concept. I listened to the unabridged version of One Second After this past week during a trip to North Carolina to pick up [...]
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My wife and I spent 20 years in the Air Force. During that time we (or really she) moved 13 times. I can handle this! Right, just like I handled Thanksgiving. That should have been a clue. But modern man does not survive by being reflective but by moving forward, overcoming obstacles, coping with the [...]
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Clsoing on the house was just the first of many challenges. Earlier in the year, before I had really decided to move to Sun City, I had invited my family to have Thanksgiving dinner with me. It seemed obvious at the time. I had a big house, enjoyed cooking, and wanted the comfort of family [...]
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Having only been in one house at Sun City, I had no idea of the variety of models that had been built. Barbara, my realtor, was very patient as she escorted me through model after model during my first weekend of looking. I was still living in Raleigh and driving down every few weeks to [...]
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I told my boss yesterday I would not be returning to my old job. I was the general manager of a small contract manufacturing firm. I had laid myself off along with a couple of other expensive people for a month or so to try to get the company back on its feet. He did [...]
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